The Young United States Expands
Vocabulary
Fill in the Blank
Cause & Effect
Trivia
100
This expedition explored newly acquired western lands.
What is the Lewis and Clark Corps?
100
A person who strongly supports going to war.
What is a War Hawk?
100
The opposite of a War Hawk was sometimes called a Peace ______.
What is Dove?
100
The War of 1812 strengthened this feeling in the young United States.
What is national identity?
100
This group became infamous as an example of the dangers of westward migration.
Who were the Donner Party?
200
The War of 1812 inspired this song that later became a major national symbol.
What is “The Star-Spangled Banner”?
200
A government order that restricts or stops trade with another country.
What is an embargo?
200
The United States expanded westward along lines of ______ latitude.
What is parallel?
200
Westward expansion challenged Indigenous peoples by taking land and weakening this authority.
What is Native sovereignty?
200
A person traveling west to spread religious beliefs could be called this.
What is a missionary?
300
This territory declared itself a republic and was later annexed by the United States.
What is Texas?
300
The formal process by which an immigrant becomes a citizen.
What is naturalization?
300
Westward travelers sometimes journeyed by wagon and ______.
What is schooner?
300
Expansion contributed to conflict with this neighboring country over Texas and western lands.
What is Mexico?
300
This political idea refers to an official principle or policy guiding government action.
What is a doctrine?
400
U.S. expansion frequently displaced these communities and challenged their sovereignty.
Who were Indigenous peoples?
400
To add territory to an existing country.
What is annex?
400
Many immigrants crossed the Atlantic in cramped ______ accommodations.
What is steerage?
400
Rapid growth and immigration contributed to social problems, prompting these movements to respond.
What are reform movements?
400
This movement challenged arbitrary legal and political limits placed on women.
What is feminism?
500
The United States grew through westward migration, war, annexation, and this formal transfer of territory.
What is cession?
500
The power of courts to decide whether laws or government actions conflict with the Constitution.
What is judicial review?
500
Many new immigrants crowded into urban ______.
What are tenements?
500
Reform movements challenged slavery and unequal rights, helping expand these two major forms of activism.
What are abolitionist and women’s rights activism?
500
This adjective means having independent authority or self-rule.
What is sovereign?